– It’s been long established that the healthcare threat landscape, in terms of its prime targeted nature and the vast number of connected supply chain vendors and medical devices, poses an equal amount of risk and network security challenges.
What was already an overextended issue became vastly daunting amid the national emergency declaration brought on by COVID-19. At the same time, threat actors ramped up targeted attacks against the sector.
Healthcare delivery organizations quickly scaled implementations of technologies designed to support the response, including telehealth platforms, new fleets of medical devices, and other patient support technologies.
This includes temporary care sites and labs, along with troves of connected devices and telehealth platforms desperately needed to adequately support patient care. While crucial, these devices further expanded an already over-extended hospital threat landscape.
Richard Staynings, chief security strategist for Cylera, confirmed that telemetry data shows that COVID-19 brought on a massive increase in the use of CT scanners and patient telemetry systems, such as blood…
